Contract: Drilling Engineer / Aberdeen

The Client, a major international operator, is currently looking for Drilling Engineers to work on new assets in Scotland.
Long term PAYE contracts
Located in Aberdeen, UK

Roles and Responsibilities:

? Safety in well design and execution.
? Work in multidisciplinary teams to deliver well planning and execution activities.
? Deliver risk assessments in well planning and execution.
? Deliver engineering feasibility and improvement projects in support of department objectives.
? Delivery or QA/QC field wide engineering projects in support of simplification and standardisation.
? Perform QA/QC of engineering deliverables in well planning and execution.
? Prepare well concept selection reports.
? Compile well activity programmes.
? Plan Well On Paper reviews and experience sharing workshops.
? Engineering design using Landmark software suite.
? Lead engineering design input from contractors.
? Develop and review of Well Barrier Schematics.
? Evaluate offset data and implement lessons learned.
? Evaluate and specify well equipment.
? Prepare time and cost estimates.
? Deliver Well Permits and Notifications to UK regulations
? Develop and update well drawings.
? Perform detailed studies into new technologies, well design and optimisation projects.
? Plan performance improvement workshops.
? Delivery and management of the DBR project planner inputs in the planning and execution phase of well operations.
? Challenge the rest of the group to ensure that the work is done cost-effectively and that future well operations can be run in a simple and cost-effective way.
? Delivery of results and engineering tasks through others within a well defined framework.
? Implementation of moderate to significant improvements to enhance performance within your
job area without the benefit of defined procedures.
? Participation in operational duty support rota’s as required.
? Identify opportunities to contribute to the commercial success of the project and are responsible
for identifying opportunities to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
? Delivery of complex engineering projects with minimal support and guidance.
? Develop the competency of the team in own area(s) of expertise.


Qualifications

? Experience 5+ years of relevant industry experience, including experience with an Oil and Gas Operator.
? Educated to degree level, professional experience can compensate for lack of formal qualifications.
? Knowledge and experience with UK regulations and well integrity requirements.
? Solid knowledge in drilling engineering or related core engineering discipline.
? Solid practical drilling engineering experience.
? Broad knowledge and experience of Wells (Completion) planning, and operations is desirable.
? Strong organisational and interpersonal skills.
? Ability to work independently/unsupervised and in collaboration with others, as required to achieve agreed objectives.
? Understanding of field development activities.
? Good English writing and oral skills.
? IWCF Level 4 Well Control.
? Offshore certifications and medical to travel offshore in UK.


Personal qualities:
? Ability to live by “I am safety” expectations.
? Adhere to Client Safety Standard.
? You act in line with Client’s safety and sustainability values and principles.
? Deliver your work using Lean methodology and mindset.
? Embrace new technologies eagerly.
? You are flexible to change and able to adapt to the team’s direction.
? You manage conflicting perspectives and agendas amongst internal stakeholders and influence and advise internal and external stakeholders.
? You participate actively in teams and collaborate for improved performance.
? You actively communicate the need for change.
? Deliver high quality work within tight deadlines.
? Able to work within multidisciplinary teams and across organisational boundaries and locations.
? You understand and communicate the benefits of diversity and behave inclusively towards colleagues.